This Week In Black History { March 16, – March 22, }

• March 16, 1846 – Rebecca Cole, second Black female physician in America, born.

• March 17, Musician and television host Nat King Cole was born in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 17, 1919.

• March 18, 1822 – The Phoenix Society, a literary and educational group, founded by Blacks in New York City.

• March 19, 1971 – Rev. Leon Sullivan elected to board of directors of General Motors.

• March 20, 1883 – Jan. E. Matzeliger patents shoe-making machine

• March 21, 1965 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., for voting rights.

• March 22, 1898 – J.W. Smith patents lawn sprinkler.